Description

While George Frideric Handel pioneered innovative vocal works, his instrumental compositions, including his seven violin sonatas, were more conventional in style. Composed at different times rather than as a cohesive set, these violin sonatas nevertheless exude a vibrant freshness and abundance of Handel's signature melodies. Fully-realized thoroughbass sonatas, they exemplify the composer's mastery of the instrumental medium, despite his more experimental approach to vocal genres.

Songs / Content

• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo A major op. 1,14 HWV 372
• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo A major op. 1,3 HWV 361
• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo D major op. 1,13 HWV 371
• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo E major op. 1,15 HWV 373
• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo F major op. 1,12 HWV 370
• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo g minor op. 1,10 HWV 368
• Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo g minor op. 1,6 HWV 364a